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C1790
A First Rate Ship of War with Rigging &c [Man-of-War]
Late C18th detailed engraving of a British Man-of-War. The term Man-of-war was generally used ; “A phrase applied to a line of battle ship, contrary to the usual rule in the English language by which all ships are feminine. It probably … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A First Rate Ship of War with Rigging &c [Man-of-War]
Date:
C1790
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
271mm
x 187mm
Paper Size:
348mm
x 223mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1790
Description:
Late C18th detailed engraving of a British Man-of-War.
The term Man-of-war was generally used ; “A phrase applied to a line of battle ship, contrary to the usual rule in the English language by which all ships are feminine. It probably arose in the following manner: ‘Men of war’ were heavily armed soldiers. A ship full of them would be called a ‘man-of-war ship.’ In process of time the word ‘ship’ was discarded as unnecessary and there remained the phrase ‘a man-of-war.'”
— Talbot in Henry Fredrick Reddall Fact, fancy, and fable, 1892, p. 340
